Improvement in curry-combs



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CURRY-COMB. No. 175,098. Patented March 21,1876.

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CURRY-COMB. No.175,098. Patented March 21,1876.

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CHARLES HOTCHKISS, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CU RRV-COMBS.

S ecification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 175.098, dated March21, 1876 application filed March 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. HOTOH- KIss, of Bridgeport, in the countyof Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Curry-Combs; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of mycurry-comb, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modification of my curry-comb, andFig. 4. is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same. Figs. 5,6, 7, and 8 are longitudinal vertical sectional views of furthermodifications thereof.

This invention has relation to curry-combs; and the nature of myinvention consists in a curry-comb which is constructed with twoindependent handles, one of which extends across the back of the comband serves as a grasping-handle, and the other extends from one side ofthe comb, as will be hereinafter explained.

Both of the handles above mentioned have wooden surfaces, and theinvention is mainly designed as an improvement upon the currycomb forwhich Letters Patent were issued to me dated December 7, 1875.

In the annexed drawings, Figs. 1 and 2, A designates the back of acurry-comb, to which comb teeth 0 and knockers a are rigidly Bdesignates a strap, which is secured at b to the back of the comb, bent,as shown in Fig. 2, and inserted into one end of a wooden handle orsleeve, D, extending about.one-thirdof the length thereof. This affordsa raised support and an attachment for one end of the handle D. Cdesignates a T-shaped support, which may be rigidly secured to the backof the comb, and constructed with two tangs, d d. The tang d enters oneon the supporting portion 0, as shown in Fig. 7.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the support B passing partly through the handle orsleeve D, also a tang, d entering this sleeve and the handle E. Thesupport C in this comb (represented by Figs. 3 and 4.) is omitted andlateral braces G are substituted in its stead, which braces extend intothe handle E, as indicated by the letter g, and are also secured to eyesh, formed on the end bars of the comb.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have represented currycombs with two independenthandles,in which a bar, 0 extends entirely through the handle or sleeveD, and has a tang, 0 formed on it, which enters the side handle E. Thecomb (represented by Fig. 5) has its two handles, D and E, applied to asingle piece, which piece is bent so as to form the tang, two supports,a bar running through the handle D, and a bar running through thecomb-plates c beneath the backs thereof.

Fig. S'shows the two independent handles D E, one of which, E, is theside handle, and is fixed to the tangs of two lateral arched braces, G,and the other, D, is the graspinghandle, which is fixed to a bar, 0 thatextends entirely through it, and is secured at both ends, by its raisedsupports, to the comb-frame or back of the comb. The bar 0 in Fig. 8 isrepresented as inclining from the side handle E toward the opposite sideof the comb-frame.

It will be observed that in allof the modifications herein set fortheach one of the combs have two separate handles, one of which extendsover the back of the comb, and the other extends out from one side ofthe comb.

The leading improvement, herein shown and described, upon my patent ofDecember 7, 1875, (Case E,) consists in making provision for attaching awooden handle or sleeve directly over the comb-back, instead of themetallic handle shown in my said patent. This is effected by means ofthe standard C, constructed with a double tang, and the additionalsupport and tang B 0.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A curry-comb having the independent wooden handles D and E, thesupports B and In testimony that I claim the above I have C, and tangsc, d, and al together with the hereunto subscribed my name in thepresence supporting; spider c, constructed and arof two witnesses.ranged substantiaily as specified.

2. In a curry-comb, the support or standard O and double tangs d (1substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES A. HOTOHKISS. Witnesses:

JOHN F. ACKER, J r., ROBERT EVERETT.

